Charles Herman Varnado

August 9, 1927 – September 2, 2007

 

Charles Herman Varnado died at the VA Hospital in Biloxi, MS

 

on Sunday, September 2, 2007, surrounded by his loving family. 

 

 

He was born in New Orleans on August 9, 1927.  He was married to Dionysia

 

Mumford Varnado for forty years, until her death in 1989.  They had four children,

 

Charles Ellis Varnado, who passed away in 1991, Pamela V. Frank of Metairie,

 

LA, Nancy V. Cole of Marietta, GA and Tammy V. Weller of Carriere, MS. 

 

In 1991 he married Helen Strickland Varnado of Picayune, MS, where they

 

have lived for sixteen years.  He had two step-children, Nancy S. Lonadier and

 

Brian Strickland, both of Picayune, MS.  He was a loving grandfather to

 

twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

 

 

He is preceded in death by

 

his parents, Willie Ellis Varnado and Allie McMillan;

 

brother, LeRoy Varnado and

 

sisters, Marleen Varnado and

 

Willie Mae Matherne of Kentwood, LA.

 

 

He proudly served with the U.S. Navy Seabees during World War II. 

 

He worked for Warner Bros. pictures for twenty-seven years as a salesman

 

in New Orleans and Branch Manager in Boston, MA.  In 1972,

 

he returned to New Orleans, where he formed IFI Films.

 

 

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 22, 2007

 

at 2 PM at Christian Life Assembly of God,

 

1015 Hwy. 43 N, Picayune, MS  39466 (I 59 Exit 6). 

 

 

In lieu of flowers, donations to the

 

Will Rogers Motion Pictures Pioneers Fund, 10045 Riverside Drive,

 

Toluca Lake, CA  91602 are appreciated.